People · New Zealand
Max Chen
3×3 · top 6.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2022 · 2022CHEN74
Max Chen has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.76, set at Wellington Spring 2025, puts him in the top 6.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 149th in New Zealand. Until November 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since September 2022, he has put 105 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 34.41 in September 2022 to 9.76, a 72% improvement. Max has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | New Zealand | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.76 | 11.44 | top 6.8% | 149 / 2,095 | |
| 2×2 | 3.01 | 4.89 | top 14.3% | 271 / 1,615 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.25 | 10.84 | top 29.9% | 417 / 1,141 | |
| 4×4 | 1:13.68 | 1:22.58 | top 50.4% | 334 / 722 | |
| Clock | 18.14 | 26.85 | top 59.2% | 202 / 303 | |
| Skewb | 15.44 | 23.78 | top 79.7% | 560 / 666 |
Percentile against all competitors ever ranked in each event, a fairer measure than raw rank, because the pools differ by a factor of ten.
The line so far
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 22 Nov 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.76 at Wellington Spring 2025.
- 22 Nov 2025Five personal bests in one day at Wellington Spring 2025.
- 18 Feb 2023First sub-30 3×3: 15.12 at Wellington Summer 2023.
- 18 Feb 2023First sub-20 3×3: 15.12 at Wellington Summer 2023.
- 18 Feb 2023First sub-15 3×3: 14.69 at Wellington Summer 2023.
- 18 Feb 2023Three personal bests in one day at Wellington Summer 2023.
Competitions
- Wellington Spring 2025 · 22 Nov 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- New Zealand Nationals 2023 · 8 Dec 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Wellington Summer 2023 · 18 Feb 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- NZ North Island Championship 2022 · 2 Sep 2022
Reading this page: a single is one solve's time · an average is the middle three of five solves, best and worst discarded · a PB is a personal best · a DNF (did not finish) is an attempt with no valid result: a popped piece, an unsolved face, an over-limit memorisation · top X% compares against everyone ever ranked in that event, which is fairer than raw rank because event pools differ tenfold.
The circuit
The people whose scorecards keep turning up next to his.
- Luke Steele — met in 22 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Tom Nelson — met in 22 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Jack Maddigan — met in 22 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.76 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.01 away.
Targets move as he improves.